Happy Birthday to Z!

For Z's birthday party we were able to get a bounce house, complete with water slide. I'm doing a photography swap for the friend of mine who owns GooseJumps. Anyways, I was really excited and kept it as a secret from Z until Robyn came to set up that morning. We were worried about the weather, but luckily we only had a few drops and a bit of thunder, during which time we took all the kids inside to watch a little Spongebob while they warmed up. We had about 20 kids here, which was a bit crazy but lots of fun. I am grateful for outside birthday parties!

Today's Drawings

Math Cake

Zion finished her Primer math book this past week and I wanted to do something special to celebrate. She opted to have a cake, as she LOVES cake. (She had a "100 Cake" when she mastered counting to 100 by herself, too.) She's doing really well with her math studies. We use the Math U See curriculum and I think it is great. It does a great job of cementing the reality of numbers, which I think is often lost when kids just memorize math facts. This week she starts the Alpha set. Whoo hoo!!

big sister

I wanted to post these pictures of Z and her baby brother. She is such a big help to me--she's always willing to hold him when I need to do something and it's obvious that he loves his big sister a lot.

Thanks for all your help!

Love,
Mom

my rat Tom

One nice thing about homeschool is I can have Tom with me. He likes to hang out in his basket while I do my school.

Shout out to Auntie Jenn.

 

Crazy Diva Zion sends a shout out to Auntie Jenn.

Happy Birthday!!!

Perspective

 

Zion: Here I made this especially for you Daddy!

Dad: Thanks, I'll finish what I'm doing and look at it latter.

Many hours go by...

Dad: Oh? I forgot to look. Wow! She's figuring out perspective. Darn it. I let that moment slip.